Garage+Band+Assignment

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Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education Unit Question: How does music change me?

Requirements: -Spend 6 days creating your own songs with GarageBand.  -You need to create 4 songs. (25 points for each song)  -Each song needs to be at least 1 minute long. (10 points)  -Each song must have at least 5 tracks. (10 points)  -All of your songs must have at least one edit. (3 points)  -All of your songs must have at least two "pan" changes. (2 points)  -At least one of your songs must have your voice recorded on it.  -There is a total of 100 points for this assignment.  -You will receive an IB grade and a letter grade.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 1: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Take the Test on <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Skyward].

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">INVESTIGATE: <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">(Write in complete sentences) __<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Identify the Problem: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. What is the problem you need to solve? The problem I need to solve is I need to learn how to make a garage band and then make one. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? I can apply the Design Cycle to big assignments or projects in school. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">3. How does music change me? Music can help me change my mood. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 4. What are the requirements for this assignment? The requirements are up above. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 5. What is GarageBand? GarageBand is a program that you can use to make your own music. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 6. Spend 15 minutes experimenting with GarageBand. List three new things you learned about GarageBand: I learned how to record sounds, put sounds together, and found out how to put random things like animal noises in a song.

__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Design Brief: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">7. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it for. I am going to make 4 GarageBand songs because it is fun and it is an assignment. I am making it for whomever will listen to it.

__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Formulate a Design Specification: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">8. What are the requirements for this assignment? The requirements are up above. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 9. What are the limitations you have with this assignment? I have not ever used GarageBand before.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">PLAN: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 1: Take the test on Skyward, answer the questions under "Investigate", and start GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Day 2: Finish Day 1 and start GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Day 3: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Day 4: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Day 5: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Day 6: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Day 7: Send your songs to iTunes, upload your songs to your Wikispace, and burn your song to a CD if you choose.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">CREATE:


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Use appropriate software to create your songs . (and be nice to my computer!)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Follow your plan.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pay attention to the quality of your songs!

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATE: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">10. How many songs did you create? We created 5 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 11. How could you improve your songs? We could make them longer and let them flow a little bit more. We could also be more serious. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 12. Did you meet all of the requirements? Yes <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">14. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer? Yes, very. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 15. How does music change the way you act and feel about yourself? Depending on the music, it can change the way that I act. Usually it makes me feel the same as the music. Or make my mood opposite from what it is. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 16. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) With one being the worst and six being the best I would give myself a 6.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Investigate: We learned how to use GarageBand really quickly, but we could have payed attention more so that we could learn more than we did.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Plan: We planned the way that we wanted our songs to be before we made them, but we could have followed our plan better so that it would sound more planned.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create: We were working on them the whole class period for every class period, but we could have been less disruptive and loud while working on our songs.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Evaluate: We thought through our songs thoroughly and we answered all of the questions as best we could.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">ATTITUDE: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">17. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer: Yes we had a great attitude and enjoyed being in class day by day. Although we thought that the questions were maybe a little long we answered as best as we could and didn't complain. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 18. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) We completely deserve a six (with it being the highest).